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Today’s episode discusses: Foreign direct investment into China rose 3.7% in 2018 in spite of trade tensions; How Chinese video streaming provider iQiyi plots to win over subscribers abroad; Increasing number of Chinese men over 60 diagnosed HIV positive – and what this phenomenon means for public policy.

Today's episode discusses: : Activity in China’s service sector is surging; Trump's trade deal warning sends markets tumbling; How Oppo and Realme are shaking up China’s smartphone scene.

Today’s episode discusses:  New Russia-to-China pipeline transports the fossil fuel from Siberia to China’s Northeast;  How the sale of CBD oil on China’s e-commerce platforms brings new challenges for regulators; The two Chinese companies that failed to repay  $526 million bonds.

Today’s episode discusses: Why drugmakers cut prices by an average of 65% to qualify for sought-after China list; Shanxi province to wean itself off coal with a ‘hydrogen valley,’ Beijing announces new waste sorting rules.

Today’s episode discusses: The first targets of China’s campaign against cryptocurrency; How China’s stock market reacted to U.S. support of Hong Kong protesters; ‘Playground burial’ murder case was concealed by a web of corruption for 16 years.

This episode discusses: Pig farmers' struggle driven by insufficient government subsidies and unreliable insurance; The bold plans behind China’s latest ‘artificial sun’ fusion reactor.

Today’s episode discusses: 13% of China’s banks and financing firms labeled highly risky by PBOC; Alibaba jumps 8% in a landmark share sale in Hong Kong.

Today’s episode discusses: China plans stricter crackdown on intellectual property violations as part of its trade war truce; Anti-corruption investigation of former senior government official sends ripples through Inner Mongolia.

Today’s episode discusses: Hong Kong finds a dozen technicians guilty of faking quality tests results on ‘the world’s longest sea bridge’; the latest on China's 6G research; How China may be able to grow its wealth and also achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Today’s episode discusses: The Chinese government says it will not tweak GDP data from previous years to meet economic growth targets; Kaola Credit is accused of illegally storing and selling users’ personal data for millions of dollars; How gas prices in one Chinese province may lead to international repercussions for global warming.